Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-09-10
PiTH AND POINT.

a legal blank-the ldiotlc laWycr.-
WaShiayLon Httche'.
The sensation of the day-moSquito
bites.-BurtiHgtOH Free PCSS.
Loaning money strengthens the
memory; borrowing money ruins it
NcU"i"n Atdepem!eRt.
People who tell biz yarns ought to be
compciied to take ont Il special lie
cense. --thcagO Lcdgcr.
Plantation PhiloSophr:-Dc creates
truth is sometimes told hy de biggest
l.ar.-ArkdHSa,O IYdrcter.
A society girl wants TO know o.
which finger gold tn mDlc should be
wOrn.--NcaC orleans Picapunc.
Trying to run down every slauder Is
like trying TO pick up qu cksilvcr with
your thu NIB and ingcr.-AAa Cdtyor-
mia.
Keely expects to rival Methuselah in
the longevity bus ness. He says he W II
live to see his motor inished-PHtS-
GUryh Chronicle.
You can't build up a town cut of
newspaper falsehOods any more than
you can run Il bank on search warrants.
-DeS MOHeS Leadcr.
In ancient times kissing a pretty girl
was cure for Il headache. Ii is diff
cult to improve upon some Of those old
time remedies. Lancaster EIanauaer.
Dog days are here. The dog that
owns this one can have it, if he will
only take it away with him, and no
questions asked.-Bangor Commercial.
When a young man detects the first
evidence OF hair on his upper lip he
feels elevated, when IN reality it is sort
of coming down.-IORkers State
man?
The person who has not concluded
that the weather Indications do not in
dicate much has given very little at
teutlon to the weather. Phiiddetphid
Press.
1t was before the Grace Darlings and
Ida Lew;ses were known that the gov
ernment thought it must man" life
boat in time of danger.--NeIO Orleans
PtcdyHHe.
Every man who has decision of char
acter will have enemies, and the man
who has no decision and no character
can have no good friends. .-NcJU Or
leans iicoyHRe.
Some one SAYS there is more trouble
on foot with the Apaches. Trouble
always goes on foot with them. and it
keeps ahead of retribution on horse
back.-Sdn FrnnciScO ALta.
Say, you Chicago fellows! If YOU
are getting too fa nt-hearted to hang
those anarchists, just ship them up
here and we'll relieve YOU and do a
good job. Granite Fails (NrEn.)
Tribune.
If something is not done to retard
the upward flight of tobacco, Mr..
Gould will within Il twelve month be
the only man chewing and the Wander
bits the only smokers. rs.-LOutSUilie
COiE'icr-JOarildt.
Men are regarded in about the same
light as music by the women. Minors
are usually soft and melancholy,
though frequently pie asing. Majors
are by far the most popular, and if a
ma jor isn't handy. Lieutenant will do.
wash 'gtOn critic.
At tn time OF the year Mississippi
editor seems 10 divide his time between
acknowledging the receipt of phenOm-
enal watermclons from ''old and val
ucd" subscribers and getting killed by
his hated rivals shotgun. Ala Cali
t0rn!d.
In fact it isn't safe to snub the Amer
lean bor, whether he blacks your
bOOrs, runs your errands, or is met on
his way to school. You can't tell
whether you are not laying up an injury
fer some president of the United States
to remember you by. - Watertown
Times.
There is young lady at Saratoga
this season who is only IL and speaks
seven languages. The trouble with
most of our bright young ladies' is that
they learn all the modern languages
except English. We want little more
corn-b bread and little less French can
dy IN our educational methods.
td,ltd Constitution.